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Censered areas on 2 aircraft carriers? discussion

Looks like censored areas or big covers on 2 American aircraft carriers. The one to the south is the USS Enterprise, the other could be the USS George Washington (CNV 65 and 73). Either way, there's something they don't want anyone to see.

Not censored...

No, this is not censorship. When there is construction on ships, they usually enclose the area in a tarp so that 1)rain does not enter the construction site and 2)to make sure that any debris does not enter the water and the Navy doesn't get fined. Looks like they are doing work on the nonskid or the catapult systems.

My Thoughts?

According to File Downloads : Ships/Boats/Submarines : Norfolk Naval Base these are the Roosevelt and Enterprise.CVN 71 on the North and CVN 71 to the South.
I think STYCKX is right on with idea of working on the nonskid. White area seems to be a tarp or maybe the first coat of nonskid or epoxy, not a canopy as there is no shadow showing elevation like an eclosure with height.

elevators

The elevators are on the pier side of the carriers. You can see that they are down on the northern ship 2 forward and 1 aft of the island. The aircraft are usually flown on board once the ship's at sea, I would think the only planes on-board in port are down for maintenance or just plain busted..
If you look around Norfolk you can find at least 3 other in drydock of under construction. The Harry S. Truman. the George H.W. Bush and the Carl Vinson.
The Carrier to the south of the 2 we're talking about is the Dwight D Eisenhower. By the way if you scoot over to San Diego you can find the Nimitz
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